UK+Past

This page is all about the UK's __**UK Past**__ The British Isles have a rich history going back thousands of years. Unfortunately few of us in Great Britain really know much about our history. Retrospectively I think there must have been something radically flawed with history as it is taught in our schools as our history is fascinating. History is an interweaving of events and people, and its not just about kings and queens, its about ordinary people and how events influenced them, and on occasions how they influenced events. Also one has to realise that Britain is not one nation, but a hodge podge (variety) of different peoples who tend to remain distinct in spite of a millennium or more of intermarriage. I have therefore put in separate chapters on Ireland, Scotland and Wales, each with its own history. . Large unified Country || The Romans invaded Britain in force, quelled the odd rebellion and by 122 AD started building Hadrians Wall. They set up the network of roads that are still the backbone of Britain today. You can still see parts of Hadrian's Wall, Roman villas and many artifacts ||
 * 4000BC - 1500BC || The First Farmers, Stonehenge and other relics. || Man migrated to Britain whilst it was still joined to the rest of Europe by a land bridge. Stonehenge and Avebury Ring are the most spectacular monuments from this period, but there are others. Stone Age man possessed great skills, but left behind only his archeology ||
 * 1500BC - 43 AD || Britain as a small tribe living in small hill forts || As the Stone Age progressed to the Bronze Age and Iron Age, more tools became available. Farming became n economic proposition. Extended families lived in hill forts that they could defend. They could trade with Europe. Then the Romans arrived. ||
 * 43AD - 410AD || Britain under Roman rule.
 * 43AD - 410AD || Britain under Roman rule.
 * 43AD - 410AD || Britain under Roman rule.
 * 410 AD - 1066 || Anglo Saxon Britain. Viking raids Norman Invasion || After the Romans left central rule disappeared. Angles and Saxons invaded from Europe and pushed the Celts to the fringes of Britain. Competing Anglo Saxon kingdoms and a mighty Viking presence led eventually to the Norman invasion in 1066 ||
 * = 1066-1087 Williams Reign || Tower of London built. || The Bayeaux tapestry shows the military might of how Williams army defeated Harolds exhausted army ||
 * = 1066-1087 Williams Reign || Tower of London built. || The Bayeaux tapestry shows the military might of how Williams army defeated Harolds exhausted army ||